Immune-Mediated Necrotizing Myopathy (IMNM): A Story of Antibodies

Olivier Boyer, MD, PhD, immunologist, has a position as a Full Professor and currently works at the Université de Rouen Normandie, France. He graduated from the Lariboisière-Saint-Louis Faculty of Medicine in Paris, France. He was an Associate Professor (1993–1999) of Immunology at the Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital, Paris; Associate Professor (2003), Full Professor (2005) of Immunology at the Faculty of Medicine, Rouen, France; the Director of Inserm U905 research laboratory at Rouen, France (2008–2016); and the Director of the Institute for Research and Innovation in Biomedicine (IRIB) at Rouen, France (2013–2016). Currently, he is the Director of the Inserm U1234 research laboratory, Rouen, France (since 2017), the Head of the Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Biotherapy at the Rouen University Hospital (since 2011), and the Director of the Pan’THER Center of Excellence of the Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies (FOCIS). He is a Board Member of FOCIS, the Multinational Chair of the FOCIS Centers of Excellence committee, and Vice-chair of the Education Committee of the International Union of Immunology Societies (IUIS). His research and teaching are in Immunology, Autoimmunity, Inflammatory myopathies, and Biotherapies (cell therapy, gene therapy).